Competence on our side - legal expert Horst Stamm

With our broad range of offers of services, we go way beyond the conventional and this is how we want to keep it. But honestly, one cannot do everything on their own. Every now and then, one has to resort to competent advice.

Who would possibly be more eligible than Horst Stamm? He is the head of liberal thinking in terms of falconry. He is a grimly landmark for some "conservationists and animal welfare activists;" he points out weaknesses of officials; he is a thorn in the flesh of traditionalists. He is currently probably the one person most familiar with the latest regulations and most interested in terms of falconry in Germany. As chief executive of GZVD (BGF), initiator and promoter of protection programs of birds of prey, and accredited expert in matters of birds of prey, he is well-known as hardly anyone else.

His general attitude is rather conservative, but at the same time libertarian. He is an advocator of justice and a militant and consistent perfectionist with distinctive rejection of dilettantes and card shapers. He always gives everything he has got, even to the point where he would endanger his health; he is a dedicated lobbyist, also for marginal groups (of falconry too); he is an incontrovertible opponent of elitist or also radical views of life and ideologies. He is a pragmatist, fan and admirer of falcons, advocate of controlled use of hybrids, fan of Moorish architecture and art nouveau. He is a strong admirer of Angelo d'Arrigo, a Scorpio born on Saint Huberts' day.

He has become tired of listening to instructions by the idle and indoctrinated "Mr. Nice Guys." He is always seeking for freedom; he is a thinker with super sensitive antennas; he is a trechant analyser with lots of irony who can also laugh about himself. He is a campfire-lover with keen insights; he is stylistically confident, precise in the use of methods; always straightforward but sometimes also rough, however, you can always be sure to know where he is coming from. He is incorruptable, always gives everything; he has got his heart in the right place. Supported by his loving wife Evelyn, who could experience all off this for more than two decades already, but still has not become tired of it.

Those kind of people stir us - in every way. Horst has shaken up the falconry scene in Germany - to the disappointment of many envyers and opposers. This is why his characterization had to be a little bit different at this point, in order to give a suggestive impression of his personality. I am proud to have him as a supporter of Falcons World, as a profound partner, and as a designated expert, who really stands up for other people.

07-20-2009
Leo Mandlsperger